BBTing our way to a BFP in August 🎉

[Hotmalibu94]

Hi all!
My body has begun a new cycle in its quest to torture me with cycles that are getting a day longer at a time 😅 so I thought I'd see if anyone wants to join me in BBT charting this month!

DH and I are currently TTC #1, we started in June so are on CD1 of cycle #3 now and I wanted to start doing something a bit more to track without feeling like I'm constantly peeing on some kind of stick 😂 I've previously tried charting in April and May to prevent pregnancy but I hadn't quite got the hang of it yet so the charts were a bit all over the place. My chart since restarting BBT on Sunday already seems a lot more stable than it was last time so hopefully it'll give me some more info this time!

Please feel free to say hi below and introduce yourselves 😊 looking for as many friends as possible in this crazy world of TTC 💕

@CatiaR thanks for adding me!
I'm CD3 and relieved to be starting a new cycle after a very late AF after my TWW (and then some!). We're trying for baby #1. I've got a thermometer and some ovulation strips arriving this evening but have no idea what I'm doing 😂 @thejollytrolleydolly I'm going to the YouTube university tonight so hopefully I will feel a bit more prepared soon!
Hoping we all have luckier months this time! And I'm so glad to not be going through this alone.
Baby dust to everyone ✨💖

@Myna13 yay it worked !

I’ve just been binging youtube videos too 😂

only one day behind you so we shall start opk soon !

fingers crossed for everyone, its so much nicer to have people to talk to 😊

@CatiaR it's definitely nice to have company + familiar handles to chat with 😋

@CatiaR still no AF here; hopefully I’m going to have a regular cycle so can crack with with the next.
AF officially due tomorrow

@CatiaR @Myna13 can't wait for opk and bbt updates lol! 😂

@Hotmalibu94 what cycle day are you on? Xx

Ahhh @CatiaR @thejollytrolleydolly @Myna13 @Ncl31 good to see you all here ready for the next cycle!

@thejollytrolleydolly I'm CD5 today! 10 days until predicted ovulation. Plan to start a BDing every couple of days from now and then hopefully every day between 7th-10th but that might be slightly optimistic 😂 seems like we are all fairly close together in our cycles!

@Hotmalibu94 oh yeah you're a day behind me! I've got predicted ov in 7 days so probably start getting jiggy in a couple of days. My opk's are currently nearly blank so no danger in not starting early lol! X

@Ncl31 hiya welcome back! We got a nice group going 😊

we’re all fairly close in our cycles too so that’ll be fun!

@Hotmalibu94 lovely to see you on here!
Good luck with this cycle! 🤞🏽

@thejollytrolleydolly yeah so pretty close! How long are your cycles usually? Flo has me down to ovulate on the 8th and Natural Cycles on the 10th so I'm going with NC this month as Flo was waaaay out 😂 remember last month when I had loads of EWCM and you said to BD that night just in case? Well we didn't and that was my fertile window😂 bloody Flo 🙈

@Hotmalibu94 noooo!! I always take the apps with a pinch of salt, your body is the best indicator! Oh well we know for this month! My cycles are only 25/26 days long which is why I think it has me down to ovulate sooner. Deffo do the deed if there's motion in the ocean this month 😂😂 are you doing the opk's too? Xx

@thejollytrolleydolly Yeah for sure I wish I'd just listened to my body! We were just so tired. 🤣
Ah fair enough yeah mine are 27/28 so a little bit longer.
No just BBT, CBA to POAS every day 🤣

@Hotmalibu94 oh I love a good poas me!! 😂 can't wait to do it everyday 😂 xx

@thejollytrolleydolly 🤣🤣🤣 I'll stick to my thermometer every morning! Will be interesting to see how all our different methods work out this month 🤞

Is anyone taking any vitamins or anything?

@Hotmalibu94 I've been taking folic acid and Vit D because my Vit D is always low. I'm originally from India and moved to the U.K. only 6 years ago, so my body still doesn't seem to absorb enough Vit D however much sunshine I get.

@Hotmalibu94 I take vitC vitD and folic acid every day. It will be interesting to see how everyone's tracking works out! I don't even know if temping will work for me as I get up at a different time every morning! Tomorrow is 5am but the next day is 3:30 😂 normally it's 6:30 when my daughter wakes up but work always messes with my wake time... I'm hoping if I can take it as soon as I wake up then it will be relatively accurate no matter what time xx

Ahhh cool @Myna13 and@thejollytrolleydolly. I'm only on folic acid currently so hoping it's all I need 😂

@thejollytrolleydolly hopefully it will! I think as long as you get a decent period of sleep it's ok. I keep waking up at like 3/4am and end up doing mine then because it just seems like the best period of sleep I'll be getting at that point😂

I am on the prenatals from Bassett as I cannot stomach pills and those are gummies, it does have more than just folic acid I believe so hopefully it's ok.

started BBT today and even tho the thermometer is not that loud DH woke up and was annoyed - this is the same person that could have our dog barking or rattling in her crate and doesn't wake up for nothing unless I kick him!

going to have to be more discreet, he did not like waking up at 5AM but tough luck 😛

@Hotmalibu94 at least you're consistent! 😂

@CatiaR my oh had the thermometer beeping at him at 5am too 😂

they have to deal with it! ahah not sure how I can be quieter unless I hide under a pillow!

My husband is usually up way before me. I'm not an early bird. He's a teacher, so currently on his school holidays. He came up when he heard me wake up and talk to the dogs and was so confused when he walked in and saw me with a thermometer in my mouth 😂 I told him I was doing BBT and how it worked last night. Did he think I could measure temps without a thermometer? I'm still giggling at the memory of his confused face when he walked in 😂

😑 BBT is still up and it’s only CD24 (10DPO) and I’m having some light bleeding. Normally have cycles of an average of 29 days, don’t know if it is the chemical I had in June that’s messed it about. Will have to wait and see 😔

ahah that is quite funny, they don't quite get it do they?